Display box with pivoted closure



' April 19, 1949. L. DYOUNG 2,467,545

DISPLAY BOX WITH PIVOTED CLOSURE Filed 00%.. 3, 1945 INVENTOR Z 6 w Z'$-D ogwg/as yak/7y Patented Apr. 19, 1 949 DISPLAY BOX WITH PIVOTEDCLOSURE Lewis Douglas Young, Providence, R. I., assignor to DouglasYoung, Inc.-, a corporation of Rhode Island Application October 3, 1945,Serial No. 620,031

- 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a box of the type which is designed to remainopen for some length of time to display the contents thereof.

Boxes usually comprise a body and a cover for the body which is, in somecases, hinged to the body. In such cases, if it is desired to have thecover stand upright in a vertical position, usually some sort of aribbon is attached between the cover and the body so as to limit theangular swingin movement of the cover about its hinge connection to thebody to little greater than 90 degrees.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a construction ofcover and body so that the cover may be maintained at 90 degrees or invertical relation to the body without the use of a ribbon or someflexible attaching means between the two.

Another object of this invention is to provide a cover and body of suchrelation that the cover is well supported on the body when in closedposition.

Another object of this invention is to provide a construction which willbe of simple arrangement and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will be more fully described andparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the box with the cover closed which ismade in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a view of the box with the cover open;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the box in closed position but ininverted relation to show the hinge between the cover and the body;

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the cover in inverted relation; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a fragmental portion of the body and coverwith a hinge connection between the two.

In proceeding with this invention, I provide a body with upstandingwalls with the back wall high enough to engage the cover and support thesame. The cover is provided with depending walls to abut three of theupstandin walls of the body, while the back wall of the cover is of alength to lie in overlapping relation to the back wall of the body andextends substantially the entire depth of the box from the top wall tothe bottom wall. A hinge connects the depending back wall with thebottom wall so that the hinge line will be substantially at the rearedge of the bottom wall of the body.

With reference to the drawings, the body section is designated generally[0 and the cover sec tion is designated generally H. The body sectioncomprises a bottom wall [2 with upstanding end walls l3 and M, a frontwall l5, and a rear wall or back wall It. The back wall l6 extends to aheight greater than the height of the end walls or front wall, as shownin Fig. 2, and is suilicient so as to engage the inner surface of thetop wall of the cover to support the same. An inner lip l8 extends aboutthe end walls l3 and I4 and the front wall l5 and may also extend alongthe back wall l6, although not necessarily so. This lip provides a guidefor the cover section.

The cover section It consists of a top wall 20 with end walls 2| and 22and a front wall 23, while there is a back wall also depending from thetop wall 20, which is designated 24, and which is of a height so as toextend from the top wall to the bottom wall when the cover is disposedin closed position as shown in Fig. 1. In closed position, the edges ofthe walls 2|, 22, and 23 engage the edges of the walls l3, l4, and I5 inabutting relation as shown in Fig. 1, while the back depending wall 24overlies the back upstanding wall l5 so that these lie one over theother in overlapping relation.

A flexible hinge of sheet stock 25 is secured, such as by cementing, at26 to the bottom wall l2 and also secured as at 21 to the depending backwall 24 of the cover if. A short space 28 between the end of the wall 24and the wall l6 (as shown in Fig. 5), provides the hinge line forswingingly connecting the cover to the body, and is adjacent the lowerback edge of the bottom wall.

If it is desired to open the box, the cover II is swung about its hingeconnection, and the depending back wall 24 will lie in a planesubstantially the same as the plane of the bottom l2. The enlarged orlengthened depending back wall will serve as a support to maintain thecover H upright as shown in Fig. 2.

In some cases, it may be desirable to place some sort of trimming withinthe box, and I have illustrated at 30 a satin cover over some sort ofcotton material 3|, suitably held in place by a wall 32. The top of thebox, of satin 33, is stuffed with cotton 34 to also provide a cushionfor this portion of the box.

I claim:

A box comprising a body section having a bottom and upstanding end andback and front walls, said end and front walls having an inside lipprojecting upwardly therebeyond, and said back wall being of a height atleast the height of the lip, a cover section having a top and dependingend, and back and front walls, the back dependin wall being rigid and ofa length to extend from the top wall to the bottom wall when thesections are in closed position to overlie and substantially contact theback wall of the body section, said front wall and end walla oi thecover telescoping said lip and: being in edge to edge abutting relationwith the front and end walls of the body section, and a hinge offlexible wall as a hinge line to dispose. said demndinfl: back. 15

wall in the plane of the bottom wall on a supportin surface to hold thecover upright, said hinge being the sole hinge for the cover.

LEWIS DOUGLAS YOUNG.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file. ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 416,502 Rubin Dec. 3, 18891,236,509 Waldeck Aug. 14, 1917 1,38,837 Deitsch Aug. 16, 1927

